What can you do in Gävle? This city offers everything from a beautiful historic city centre to exciting museums and excursions. Here you'll find all our top tips on things to see and do in Gävle.
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A fantastic dinner at Axmar Brygga, on the Gävle coast, on the border between Gästrikland and Hälsingland! We have visited Axmar Brygga before, with their nice campsite and lovely restaurant, and this is a place we like to return to. Now it was time again!
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Today we present a guest article by Axmar Brygga
Spring is approaching with steps so light as to be barely noticeable, but for connoisseurs and food enthusiasts the transformation is clearer than ever. We at Axmar Brygga open our doors for the season on Maundy Thursday 28 March and traditionally attract guests from near and far with new taste experiences and classic favourites.
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Axmar Brygga is a lovely seaside restaurant - with a very popular caravan park - beautifully situated on the east coast, right next to the historic Axmar Mill. It's a great place to make a stop on your way through Sweden.
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You don't always have to travel far to feel like you're travelling! Yesterday I made a little trip to Gävle for work. Here are some pictures from a snowy Gävle ... and I have a little question for those of you who have experience travelling by train or bus between Stockholm and Gävle.
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As you may know, I lecture from time to time. One of the advantages of this is that you get to visit a lot of different nice and interesting places in Sweden (conferences are often held in old fine farms, mansions, world houses and mills). Today I have been to Gysinge Bruk in Gästrikland.
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Today was a full day in Furuviksparken in Gävle. This is a really nice park with wild and domesticated animals, water park, fairground and a whole adventure island. Peter's brother and their neighbours brought eight (!) children to the park. Peter's youngest son Billie (14) came with us.
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Peter's younger brother and his family and their neighbours are in Furuvik camping for the weekend. So we thought we'd surprise them a bit... We parked next to their campervan and tent at the campsite and sat down to wait for them to come back from Furuvik Park. Were they surprised? Yes, you can safely say so ...
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How good you were at guessing! Of course we went on a motorhome weekend in Gävle! We first looked for a place by the canal that is specially announced for motorhomes, but it was full, so we ended up with a car park in the middle of town instead ... But that went well too!
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